Display frame



July 12, 1932.

J. F. MEYER l DISPLAY FRAME Filed Aug. 2o, 1930 Patented July 12, 1932Unirse srares JOHN F. MEYER, OF Il?.l-MSALDIFN'A,` CALIFORNIA DISPLAYFRAME Application filed august 2o, 1930. 'semina 476,495.

This invention relates to display frames and more particularly to adisplay frame in which display cards and the like maybe arranged.

The invention is particularly adapted yfor use in connect-ion withamusement machines and the like but it is to be understood that it maybe used in connection with merchandise or the like for advertisingpurposes.

Among the salient objects of my invention are to provide a frame whichwill be of simple and economical construction; thatmay be readilymounted in position; and in which a plurality of cards may be mounted,and wherein any one of the cards may be readily moved into displayposition and which cards will be effectively retained in position byportions of the frame, one of said port-ions being removable in orderthat any one or all of the cards maybe removed and to permit thearrangement of one of the cards in a forward or display position.

A further object of the invention is t0 provide a frame of the abovedescribed character from which the cards may be readily removed and intowhich the cards may be inserted easily when so desired.

In the accompanying drawing I have illustrated a selected embodiment ofmy invention, and

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my improved frame.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section view taken substantially on the line 2 2 ofFig. 1 and showing a plurality of cards arranged in the frame.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view, and

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary rear view of the lower end of the frame drawn toa reduced scale.

The frame forming the subject matt-er' of this invention includes alower rail 5, the side rails 6 and 7, and a top rail 8. VThe lower rail5 is joined to the siderails 6 and 7 in any approved manner as bymortise and tenon joints or the like. The upper ends of the side rails 6and 7 are reduced to provide tongues 9 and 10 and the upper rail 8 isprovided by strips 11 and 12 which are arranged to extend between therails 6 and 7 on opposite sides of t-he tongues 9 and 10 and thus aspace 13 is provided' between the stripsll and`12 andthe tongues 9 and10. In this space 13 a block 14 is mounted and a handle 15 is secured tothe block and includes lugs 16 through which 55 screws 18 are extendedinto the block 14 in order to secure th-e handle l5 in position. Aportion of the handle 15 extends over the upper edge of the strip 12 to'hold the block 14 in the space 13 in which it is snugly ar- 60 ranged.rIhe inwardly directed edges ofthe side rails 6 and 7 and the'upperedgeof the Y lower rail 5 are grooved as indicated at 16. By gripping. thehandle 15 the block 14 may be removed and one or more display cards 1765 may be disposed in the groove 16 after which the block 14 is replacedand said block rests on theupper edges of the display cards 17 to retainthe card or cards in position. The

card disposed toward the front ofthe frame will have the subject matt-eron the face thereof in display position and the other cards will beconcealed thereby. VBy removing the block 14 any one of the cards 17 maybeV moved into forward or display position or may be withdrawn andreplaced by another card. To facilitate removal of the cards from thegroove 16 notches 19 are provided in the lower rail 5 which extend belowthe lower edge of the groove 16 as clearly illusso trated in Fig. 4 andtherefore fingers or the like may be arranged below the lower edges 'ofthe cards to facilitate raisingthereof out through the opening 13, afterremoval ofthe block 14 from said opening. In order to S5 retain theframe in position, angle brackets such as20 or the like are secured tothe front of the frame at the lower edge thereof andV by passingsuitable securing devices through the foot portions of these anglebrackets the frame may be retained in position.

It is manifest from the foregoing description that I have provided aframe which may rbe readily mounted in any desired locationV and it isapparent that this'frame is so ar- 95 ranged that a plurality of displaycards may be retained therein. The device is also so Y constructed thatany one of the display cards l may be expeditiously moved into displaypoi sition or may be removed from the frame to i90 Y be replaced byother display cards. The frame is formed from a minimum number of partsand may therefore be very economically manufactured.

While I have illustrated and described a preferred form of constructionfor carrying my invention into effect it may be understood that this iscapable of variation and modificai tion and I therefore do not Wish tobe limited lo to the precise details set forth but desire to availmyself of the invention as falls Within the spirit and scope of thefollowing claim:

I claim: y

A display'frame including side, bottom, and top rails, said side andbottom rails having a card receiving groove therein, said top railhaving an opening therein communicating With said groove, a blockmounted in said opening, a handle member secured on said 2G blockincluding a portion extending over a section of the top rail to retainsaid, block in said opening, said lower rail having notches in the rearface extending vto the groove therein to afford access tothe edges y 2 5of cards mounted in the groove in said side and bottom rails wherebysaid cards may be easily slid from said groove through said openingafter said block is removed from said opening.

3 0 JOHN F. MEYER.

